Chase Hall (American, b. 1993) uses brewed coffee and white cotton canvas to produce scenes of modern americana. Hall’s auto-biographical and expressive paintings and portraits challenge a monolithic vision of Black life while embracing a vibrant, expansive humanity.
Rick Lowe (American, b. 1961) is a Houston-based artist most-recognized for his diverse artistic practice that includes community-based activations that engage with social and political affairs in the hopes of driving change.
Vivien Zhang (Chinese, b. 1990) is a London based artist whose work asks us to question the flawed linguistic, visual and taxonomic systems that we use to understand all facets of life. Using vibrant colors and visceral, physical shapes, her work draws the viewer into her questioning, mysterious world.
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) is one of the most significant Chinese artists in contemporary art and globally recognized as political activist. His provocative work has solidified him as one of the leading cultural figures of his generation and serves as an example for free expression internationally.
Sasha Gordon (American, b. 1998) is known for deeply personal figurative paintings that address themes of self-image, exoticization, mental illness, and the male gaze.
Lauren Halsey is a contemporary artist who has quickly gained international recognition for her standalone artworks and site-specific installations that draw from Afrofuturism and Funk art as well as the South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles where her family has lived for several generations.
Leslie Martinez (American, b. 1985) is an artist whose abstract paintings deconstructs binary concepts through non-traditional structures and vibrant colors.
Anicka Yi (Korean, b. 1971) is a conceptual artist known for her use of unconventional materials to create multi-sensory experiences. Engaging senses such as smell and taste, Yi’s work reimagines the boundaries of fine art, inviting views to physically and viscerally encounter her explorations of identity, biology and systems of knowledge.
Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. is a contemporary painter whose Mexican heritage and experiences growing up in East Los Angeles have infused his artwork with rich symbolism and imagery, drawing upon elements of mythology, spirituality, and traditional craftsmanship.
Greg Ito is an artist who meticulously renders bright, flat colors to juxtapose symbols of the state’s natural bounty and opportunity with the ever-present threat of natural disasters.
Lucy Bull (American, b. 1990) is a New York-born contemporary painter based in Los Angeles who is primarily known for intensely colorful abstract paintings that hover between surrealist landscapes and psychedelic dreams.
Devin B. Johnson (American, b. 1992) is a California-native and New York-based contemporary artist. His practice engages with found and captured materials to produce imagined intimate scenes inspired by personal experiences.
Patrick Martinez (American, b. 1980) is an LA-based contemporary artist whose multimedia artworks incorporate neon and other found objects to engage with how social and geographic factors impact personal identity.
Dominique Fung is a contemporary Canadian painter known for her captivating paintings that blend elements of realism and fantasy while drawing on her Chinese heritage and contemporary pop culture.
Xu Bing is one of the leading conceptual artists working today, known for mixed-media installations that simultaneously evoke and subvert centuries-old Chinese cultural traditions, such as calligraphy, wood-block printing, and landscape painting scrolls.
Cai Guo-Qiang is among the most important Chinese artists working in global contemporary art. He has gained international recognition for his explosive artworks, which involve igniting gunpowder on paper, canvas or glass to create intricate patterns and dynamic compositions.